Walker Bowen Talent Partners · 4 months ago
Software Engineer \- Python, Test
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expWalker Bowen Talent Partners is a trusted advisor in the permanent placement staffing industry, partnering with a premier technology company in the Media sector. They are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who will focus on developing backend test automation in Python and frontend automation in JavaScript, ensuring high-quality software delivery.
Staffing & Recruiting
No H1B
Responsibilities
Spearhead development of frontend and backend test automation infrastructure
Work with other members of the engineering team to identify test needs early in the development process, and highlight where designs increase test difficulty
Design, implement, and maintain automation infrastructure and other test tools
Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites
Manually test the places where automation doesn’t yet reach
Identify and triage system regressions
Perform usability and exploratory testing, finding edge cases and unexpected interactions and recommending new avenues for test based on your discoveries
Occasional travel and off-hours support may be required, but are not core to this role
Qualification
Required
5+ years of work experience in Software Engineering
Strong core backend development skills in Python
10+ years' professional experience in Software Engineering, including developing test automation
Completed CS, EE, or similar bachelor's degree
Media & Entertainment industry experience required
Candidates must live in the US
Experience with Python and pytest and locust
Experience with JavaScript
Experience with Cucumber, Cypress, Robot Framework, pytest, and locust
Experience with single-page web applications, complex microservice-based systems, cloud-resident systems, and/or relational databases
In the weeds experience with professional media formats and workflows, including codecs and container formats, common metadata relationships, formats, and transformations, and understand the differences between regions
AWS experience including elastic beanstalk, route 53, RDS
General Database and API protocol knowledge, communication between services, and how to test and mock these concepts
Benefits
Medical
Vision
Dental
Stock options
Company
Walker Bowen Talent Partners
We are in the business of making connections and growing startups.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Monica Carter
Senior Partner - Executive Search
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